Afraid of bringing up a Prenup?

Learn how to navigate a prenup using the Prenup Module 1 course so you can strengthen your relationship.

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Does this sound like you?

  • Are you scared that bringing up a prenup will offend your fiancé?
  • You want a prenup that makes your relationship feel more secure.
  • You don’t want your fiancé to feel ambushed by the conversation.

You’re not wrong for worrying about the prenup conversation. However, if you don’t bring it up, you leave yourself and your fiancé open to:

You can’t delay the conversation either because the closer the wedding gets, the more stress this is going to give you.

DO NOT

Walk straight into a lawyer’s office. That will only create distrust in your relationship and make your finance feel ambushed. Because if you’re not pre-planned on what each of you want in your prenup, you’ll just drag out the execution, and the longer the execution takes, the more antagonized the relationship will become.

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What you should do

Have a base level of knowledge about what a prenup is and, more importantly, how to bring it up, so you:

Know how to bring it up without ambushing your fiance
Energize the relationship instead of blowing it up
Feel confident and competent speaking to your attorney
Are preplanned and not stuck in the execution phase, making it feel more like a divorce

This is exactly why we came up with the Prenup Module 1 course

Meet the course content contributors:

Emily Bouchard

Founder & Principal of Bouchard Bespoke Consulting
Fractional Chief Learning Officer & Family Dynamics Consultant

Emily is an internationally recognized consultant, author, and TEDx speaker with over two decades of experience guiding ultra-high-net-worth families, family offices, and business founders through the complex intersections of wealth, inheritance, and human relationships. Emily serves as a trusted advisor helping multi-generational families navigate succession planning, legacy design, and conflict resolution with clarity and emotional intelligence.

A pioneer in the field of wealth psychology, Emily bridges the gap between technical financial planning and interpersonal communication. She is renowned for her innovative, somatic approach to leadership development, frequently hosting bespoke, equine-assisted growth retreats from her ranch in Northern California. Her ability to foster trust, openness, and alignment helps families cultivate deeper resilience and long-term harmony across generations.

Emily is a leading voice in mainstream financial media, offering expert commentary for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Today Show. Her insightful TEDx talk, "How to talk about inheritance (without talking about money)," has transformed how families approach estate planning. She is also the host of the Wealth Coherence podcast and the author of several foundational books, including Estate Planning for the Blended Family, Beginner's Guide to Purposeful Prenups, and The Little Book of Trust and Money (co-authored with Charles Feltman).

Emily holds a Bachelor of Arts in Child Development from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington, specializing in marital and family therapy.

Dr. Kirby Rosplock, PhD.

Founder & CEO of Tamarind Partners and Tamarind Learning

Kirby is a distinguished author, researcher, advisor, and entrepreneur recognized globally as a leading authority on family offices, family businesses, and wealth psychology. As the visionary behind the education platform Tamarind Learning, Dr. Rosplock provides research-based consulting, advisory services, and specialized education to family office executives, wealth management advisors, and affluent multi-generational families.

Bringing a unique perspective to her practice, Dr. Rosplock is a fourth-generation owner and board member of her own 125-year-old family enterprise, and serves as a co-trustee of her family’s foundation. Her deep personal insight is balanced by a decade of institutional leadership as the former Director of Research & Development at GenSpring Family Offices (Truist), one of the nation's largest multi-family offices. Today, she continues to shape industry standards as the Dean of Family Office at the Purposeful Planning Institute and as a Fellow and faculty member for the Family Firm Institute (FFI).

A prolific author and thought leader, Dr. Rosplock has penned some of the industry’s most definitive academic textbooks, including The Complete Family Office Handbook and The Complete Direct Investing Handbook (Wiley). Her cutting-edge research and commentary on family governance, wealth transition, and financial parenting are frequently featured in elite publications like Bloomberg. She is also a sought-after speaker on topics ranging from wealth alignment and succession planning to empowering women to overcome imposter syndrome in affluent settings.

Kirby earned her undergraduate degree with honors from Middlebury College, an MBA from Marquette University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Systems from Saybrook University, focusing her doctoral research on the behavior and dynamics of wealthy families.

Katie G.
I finally knew how to bring up a prenup

“I was honestly nervous to bring up a prenup with my fiancé.

This course helped me understand what a prenup actually is and how to talk about it without making things awkward. It showed me what things we should think about before talking to a lawyer. By the time we had the conversation, it felt calm and normal instead of stressful. I’m really glad I took this before starting the process.”

Emily R.
We stopped avoiding the prenup conversation

“My fiancé and I kept putting off the prenup conversation because we didn’t know where to start.

This course made everything much easier to understand. It helped us think through the important decisions before involving lawyers. When we finally spoke to our attorney, we already knew what we wanted, which made the whole process a lot smoother.”

Samantha L.
I am so clear now on what our prenup should include

“I had been reading about prenups online and just felt more confused the more I read.

This course explained everything in a very simple way. It helped me understand what questions to ask and what mistakes to avoid. When I met with my lawyer, I felt prepared instead of overwhelmed. It was the most helpful thing I did before starting the prenup process.”

Real Stories from Real Beneficiaries

How Claire strengthened her relationship with Jake after they got a prenup

Claire’s worked as a sales rep for a SAAS company since 2021 and made more money than Jake did, but she didn’t want this to color the relationship and wanted to them to be able to move forward with mutual respect.

At first, bringing up a prenup felt awkward. She worried Jake might take it the wrong way. But after learning how prenups actually work and what decisions couples need to think through, she felt much more confident starting the conversation.

To her surprise, Jake appreciated the honesty. Instead of creating tension, the discussion helped them get on the same page about money and their future together.

How Maya and Chris stopped avoiding the prenup conversation

Maya and Chris were deep into wedding planning, but there was one topic they kept avoiding: the prenup. Maya knew it was practical, but every time she thought about bringing it up, it felt uncomfortable.

Instead of guessing how to handle it, she decided to understand how prenups actually work first. Once she knew what couples usually discuss and how agreements are structured, the conversation felt much easier.

When she finally brought it up, Chris didn’t react badly at all. They talked it through calmly and walked into their lawyer meeting already on the same page.

How Daniel avoided wasting a fortune on a prenup mistake

Daniel had already contacted a lawyer about a prenup, but something felt off. The process seemed expensive, confusing, and rushed. He realized he didn’t actually know what he wanted the agreement to include.

So before moving forward, he took the time to understand how prenups are typically structured and what decisions couples need to make first.

By the time he met with his lawyer again, he knew exactly what mattered to him. The meeting was faster, clearer, and far less stressful.

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